Joel Anderson —blackink — writes about sports, politics, crime, courts, and other issues far beyond his competence at BuzzFeed. He has worked at media outlets in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Atlanta and contributed to a number of publications, including The Root and The American Prospect, among many others.

Awesome tracklist! I posted Japan’s Hallowe’en on my blog. I have no idea what it actually has to do with Hallowe’en, but…it’s totally one of my favourite songs ever.

This post and others I’ve seen elsewhere have gotten me thinking. It’s really a testament to the pervasiveness of patriarchy that “sexy” is now an appellation almost exclusively used to describe women (for that matter, the word “woman” is so often equated with “conventionally attractive, thin heterosexual female” that you’d think the rest of us just don’t exist). Hellooooooo male gaze. I’ve heard people defend misogynistic/objectifying advertisements with the statement “sex sells.” Because the cisgendered, conventionally attractive, usually white female body = ‘sex’ now. And ‘sex’ = some group of traditionally acceptable sexual displays of male dominance we believe all straight men enjoy (sshhh, other men don’t exist except in Vermont). Or should enjoy. Male subs…where???

Shit is confining as hell.

And ugh, the racist costumes I saw this past weekend! Didn’t ruin my good time, but…I really didn’t need to see the Nazi and his concentration camp victim. Did I mention I was out with a German? Yeah. People are stupid.

Also: white people in the South need to stop fetishizing American Indians about five minutes ago. Holy crap with the feathers and headbands. Just stop it already.